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the carolina watchman salisbury n c thursday july 5 1888 li xix.-third series no 37 1 4ige & clement salisdurt n <â€¢â€¢ v l,:)>a.l ; l l james r campbell physician and surgeon offers his services to the people of u c r ui a maj!si i e'8iron front building l f r main and fisher streets 10:6m t b councill m d.j j ga,liisÂ»-fcÂ»tiry 3xt o nff^rq his professional service to the ' nf this and surrounding communi 15 sis promptly attended day or vi?b found at my office or the drug j â€¢â€¢!Â»>â€¢ i ii enniss respectfully new firm | â€” o â€” the undersigned have entered into a fnorshin for the purpose of conduct , p?thc grocery 1 and produce business to date from ( m ';,!, os 1ss7 consignments especially | solicited mcnee ly & tyson | the undersigned takes this opportunity l r " t e urn thanks to his numerous friends r.j holmes is now receiving ms fall and winter stock of goods m fin ttie nirtta markets ,,. his customers be ! i urcha#in elsewhere groceries ; ids of goods kepi in a gen nili !..â– nil at pricl's to suit the j\u an u n:r syiv sto k ; ; ) a'iit in i crystal , . ij.-r miii v ur ol ill rst quality .;â– hkck ved oxk hundred bar | . ., rilfiall v'liujinia lime for i f .â– â– â– : ill ier.'Â«!Â»s who have given me , ( i ; 1 1 - - 1 r r.i â– â€¢ to i i r i n lc me their cot ; n is ready for th 1 . |(. j holmes il " fl 'Â«'â– â€¢ iv't.nlers exist in thou jifirsands of forms but are surpass ml oy the marvels of invention those ivho are in need of profitable work that can be done while living at home should kt once send their address to hallett & i portland maine and receive free full information how either sex of ill ages can earn from so to 25 per day and upwards wherever they live yon are started free capital not required some have made over 30 in a single day at tins work all succeed purely vegetable it acts with extraordinary efficacy on tht tiver k dneysf 1 -* and bowels an effectual specific for malaria bowel complaints dyspepsia sick heatlai-he constipation biliousness kidney a fjvct ions jaundice mental depression colic best family medicine no household should be without it and by being kept ready fÂ«>r immediate use will save many an hour of buffering and many a dulliir in time and doctors bills there is but one simmons liver regulator see that you get the genuine with red z on vroijt of wrapper prepared only by j.h.zeilin &. co sole proprietors philadelphia pa price 81.00 ' d r.julian & co dealers in general merchandise salisbury x c come and see the show at dave julian's new store he lias a full and complete line of entirely which lie ifofferirm cheaper than eveb he is on fisher street near tin stand pipe ;-,.;â€¢" where his rents and ntlum-cxp nstsan so low that he is selling nr dollar's worth of 1 mi's lot 90 cts i ! h has the l si and cheapest line f fertilizers in the county and deeidedh the best line ol provisions in the market be mut i - e him l-etore you buy trili want to imv all the he run ct april 19 88 2fi:3 iir * catarrh cleanses the nassw^wcujts pasza-res allay â€¢ pf c io he adi pain andlnflamma-pmyfever m tion hsalbthtb /#/& . s o r s s sc-storesbl y 0^h ths sensss of past-b m^&â‚¬^l and smell jp g try the cure.hay-fever cata^ah 1 is a disenpc of tho mucous memhrano generally originating in the nasal pas sages and maintaining its stronghold in the head from this point it scuds forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through uu digestive organs corrupting ike blood and producing other trouble ! some and dangerous symptoms a particle is apnliel into each nostril and ts airreeable price so cents nt iruggists by mail ! registered 60 cents ely bros 5o warren 1 sueet xcw york 13:1 y home company a y^^0 lll strong company seekiig lj@r prompt home patronage reliable liberal agents ttent total assets - - 75o,ooo oo j allen brown resident agent salisbury n g the new birdsell clover hullf m o ts i t o 1 jfmor threshep separatee hulls cleans ar.ci re>Â«leana tho kÂ«Â»oÂ«l kÂ«-atl.v h.r warkei muhanpously cioin its work with ft rapidity heretofore unknown and a iÂ«*rtv onr^ver before attained the"no blrdsell is the crown ine offorf of up iriver l r . mr john c bif.dseu who haa dud thirty three yÂ«ar r-zveriunre n b\ludlng ver machinery-he riving to the morlrt ilt flrÂ«Â«t combined clover thresher aulier and cleanur it ih a i&ct worthy of note that he tnci ms buccer ; or:3 have and eold during 1 tho pmt thirty-three yesrs nin it imniuun t.-f 1 the clover hullers maotj and sold during that hmo oar foctor7 is t-y far the jgest of ita kind la the rorld send for catalosue and $ 1 000.00 challienge john a boyden agt birdsell mfc co salisbury its growth a r d prosperity new exterp kze3 i natural advantages psotl^ce-s 7idd oksiioojg j healthful location and salubrious climate the town of salisbury which is the county seat of rnv;in was first loca ! ted about 1720 ind was settled by i few english church men from the ca thedral city of salisbury england and owes its name to that circiun ' stance in 1770 an act was passed by the â– assembly for regulating the town of salisbury the preiiun >. â€¢ st ites that salisbury is a healthy suuiition well watered and convenient foi inland trade in 177o there was a good deal of trouble about the court house and the holding of court and from old records in the court house now we see that the court was adjourned from time to time without transacting any business and at the may term we find that the first sign of american independence is announced this antedates the meet ing in charlotte on the 20th of may 1770 and hence to salisbury and not to charlotte should be accredited the laurels of our first independence her people have always been loyal to the powers that be and in no place can from this it appears that the south 1 ward has the most peeple while the ( west ward has the least the south j ward also has the largest number of 1 white people as well as of colored peo i lie while bhe north ward has the j i east whites tnd the west ward the ! fewest blacks the females outnumber the males by 141 the south ward heads the list in oth columns while the west v i rd is on the bottom che whites outnumber the colored 521 a little over 50 per cent of our people are white and a little less than 44 per cent are colored the ceacm was taken accurately and pains were taken to omit none every square had its enumerator and on the edge of the town where the squares were not clearly defined an enumerator was appointed for a neighborhood in regard to age our enumerators found some difficulty but the exact school age has been ascertained and of the | adults we have 127 people between 60 | and 70 years of age of which 82 are | white and 45 colored we have 40 ! people over 70 years of age of which | l'.j are colore i and 27 are white this shows that we are not in the retrograde and that we are a coporation i of no small dimensions the town is laid oftin squares at right angles and is just one mile square with four wards taxation the rate of taxation is 50 cents on tho hundred dollars worth of property based on a low estimate of value with si 50 poll tax to which must be added ! the county and state taxes given i elsewhere j in nis street .,. â€¢) in.l n , . â€¢! i i.i â– i iheiuiit.s to t 1p | iws t ) t â€¢ r â– â– â– Â« u â€¢ i - lÂ»w order bini â€¢!â– â– â– '' 4 r â€¢'â€¢ re-.i i m e 1 uc.itioin oci:il ill ulnviiric hospi tality arc among i few of the most noted eh ir.ict.'risties of her citizens and while the p ice has heretofore been on of the slow stanrudi e;isy going towns of h * south she his it last shaffl'l off her alothfalneas and is now considered as one of the growing and industrious towns of the state we have been thp watchman for over fifty years and know m my of the glories and vicissitudes of our fair county and town and it is now that vie take pleasure in announcing to our i fellow men that we are a people not very far behind the times and will be only too glad to have others come and cast their lot with us and help make our advanced prosperity one worthv to be proud of to this end ve issue our industrial sheet and will briefly give you a list of what we have and not say much of what we were or might have been population from a census taken on the first of june by the herald we gather the following facts our town settled in 1720 never had 2.000 inhabitants until 1870 the census in 1870 was a farce and in 1880 j appeared on the census list with a pop ulation of 2,723 the next census was taken in 1885 three years ago when we counted 3,408 to-day it is 4,159 an increase of 751 or 22 per cent over 1ss5 and an increase of 1430 or 52 per cent over the census of 1880 the following u a statement of thj census by wards white colored mules and females classified : * â€ž * i s 3 t f k k ? n ward i 500 485 4941 491 os 5 e ward 015 450 513 552 1005 s ward 707 555 597 005 1202 w ward 51s 329 405 442 847 total . 2340 181 ( j 2009 2150 4109 government we have under our charter a regu larly constructed mnnicipil orgmiz.i tioa us follows mayor e b neave eight town commissioners clerk d r julian treasurer i h koust aud itor r j holmes attorney kerr craige constable and t;ix collector geo m 3h ivcr policemen clayton pool rufus barringer and j f pace i finances b,'low we give the treasurers last i report which will give the status of our financial affairs there i.s no bonded indebtedness statement of town finances for the year ended may 5th 1883 ! i ii fousttown,trp.as ' cash on hand may 1 1887 1,432.44 j am't collected from t t c 9,562.50 " " " cottou weigher 163.25 " city " 7g.79 " li " graves 87.f>0 " " sale clay pipe 9.80 error in check 30 11,332.72 - by ain't paid vouchers for all pur poses 88.049.32 cash on hand i?3,2s3.40 judicial the mayor is the presiding officer of 1 the city court daring the year end : ing june 1st the number of arrests were ; as follows drunkenness 54 disorderly conduct 70 petty and other charges 59 whole number of arrests 183 which shows that out of a population of over 4,000 and the surrounding country besides to draw from the general morals of our people are good and that the per ceu tage of crime is not large educational facilities vve are certainly fortunate in our j school facilities our system of public education is of the most approved plan of graded schools and under prof ii g â– kizer and a corps of excellent assist ' ants besides this we have a number of j private schools both for boys and girls the colored people are well cared for iere in the way of chock livingstone sollego supported by contributions j prom the north is here located and has enrolled scholars from all parts of the united states and their buildings i are largo and handsome costing many thousands of dollars there is also located here a colored graded and color ed normal school the schools are as follows public graded school principal prof r g kizer assistants prof h j over man misses be3sie neely capatola moose florance woo;lson member j ship 411 i private schools classical select male prof james m hill principal scholars 2 presbyterian female academy miss jennie caldwell principal mrs coit assistant scholars 4(5 salisbury institute of music miss linda lee rumple principal with competent assistants teaches vocal and instrumental music scholar ship 27 xeave music school w h neave principal with assist ants teaches vocal and instrumental music scholarship 32 colored schools liyixgstoxe college j c price president eleven teach ers and officers with 210 scholars state normal membership 139 g2aded membership 300 religious there are six religious denominations represented by churches in our place among the whites as follows bap tist catholic episcopal lutheran methodist and presbyterian white churches baptist membership ( j3 pastor rev j f tuttle catholic membership 70 priest rev father j hill episcopal membership 140 rector rev f j murdoch lutiierian membership 1g3 pastor rev c b king methodist membership 330 paster rev c w tfyni preol;yterian membership 283 pastor rev j rumple d d all of the churches have sundav schools in a flourishing condition with able officers and teachers colored churches the colored people have four churches two baptist a methodist and a presby terian all well attended and with sunday schools connected with them financial our banking facilities are not to be excelled the banking house of davis & wiley is one of the oldest and most reliable in the state and has advantages that are second to none it is one of the depositories of the richmond & danville railroad co below will be found a statement of its business president s it wiley cashier 0 d davis clerks j m mccorkle jr s h wiley jr report of the condition of davis k wiley banker salisbury x c at the close of business 15th june 18s8 resources loan and discounts lowvo.3 bond sto;;<s and real estate 89.ei5.05 due from bauks 30,1 7.c3 cash ami casii items 3o,io3.4o 1358,405.8 liabilities capital and aurplua f9o.ooo.oo deposits l 5 58 duebanks l,s-!.Â«3 undtvldod prolus ! 004,8 58,403.84 the first national bank has only been organized a few years but is com posed of some of the best and wealthi est business men of the place to show what its standing is we give a statement that has been prepared for us list of direct0k6 s w cole president - salisbury n c m l hjlmes - - - r j holmes - j d gaskill g a btngham i a at well j m knox - " w c blackmer - i fe ink patterson china c:otc statement of the first national bank salisbury n ('.. at the close of business friday tune 15th 1888 resources loans ami discounts 177,190 73 duo by banks 13*704 is ' u s - bon """'."'.'." is^3oo.oo 0 per rent fund w , , i0 premium act s-lssioo realestate furniture etc l,3to.oo cash oa li.md 2 1 . sic Â« j..-.&t0.21 liabilities capltalstock 3o.ooo.oo citvulation li.sso.oo surp.ustuua : 13,000.00 undivided profits 4,981 jin hue to depositors 14s.29s.t5 l)ui to k inks 1,934.49 dividends a opald iss.oo t2s8,Â»8o 21 uk.vll & co smokixw tobacco capacity 300,000 lbs annually work from s to 12 hands principal brandd maggie bell and piedmont belt c a rice 4 co smokinv tobacco capacity 200,000 poands annaallv principal bnuids burtholdi and lord salisbury cotton ixtkhksrs our cotton interests have boon stead ily increasing for the past few years the full capital stock for two cotton factories lias been subscribed bv oar home capitalists with the hvids t cotton just outside our gates with j d gaskii.l's tobacco factoey tobacco interests sonic of as good tobaccoo as is raised in the state is brought to our market and manufactured here we have three tobacco warehouse four large plug tobacco manufactories with a l>ig capacity and another to be built in the j spring and two smoking tobacco facto j ties our tobacco interests are in creasing and there is no reason why salisbury should not in the future lead all her sister towns in his business \ the tobacco warehouses are large and commodious and are known as the banner swink & thomason iron clad j j hun kins bros & co the fanners mecubbins & pickler many thousand pounds of leaf is han dled here annually and this is consider ed one of the best markets in the state j d gaskii.l tobacco factory the present factory was built h years ago capacity from 500,000 to 000,000 pounds a year at present have about 150 hands employed and ; are running to full capacity prinei [ pie brands are old dutch oven su perior a a a a yellow meat and lottie mock see cut of factory payne & ramsay tobacco factory capacity 500,000 lbs a year at pres ent have about 75 hands employed some of the principal brands are fuel at a low cost ami handy and labor cheap we claim that cotton can be manufactured here as cheaply i it any other place in the south salisbury ttos mills 1 m odell president f .!. mur doch secy k treas capital stock 8100,000 contract for the mill and thirty houses has been let and work began and will be completed in time for the present crop in the fall main building of brick 1^8 by w f.-ct tw stories high engine house 98 by ftfl feet will have 8.000 and 300 looms and will make ginghams and the finer qualities of cotton goods bapona cotton mills ro capital stock of 850,000 has been subscribed and the company incorpo rated but not organized they have bought land on which to build their factory it i thought that they will have their building and machinery ready for operation by the first of n-wl year other manufacturing in dustries brick and tile manufactory salisbury brick tile and sewer pipe manufactory capacity per day 30,000 brick 10,000 to 20,000 til aud pipe pat-vz & ramsay's tobacco factory white pacer kittie clyde or 1 ange flower and dolly ayne see cut of factory eugene johnsjn'o tobacco factory i capacity 150.000 pounds annually ! work about 75 hands principal brands are mogul centre shot 1 pride of salisbury and johnson's twist " c a rice 4 co capacity 150,000 to 2 k3.000 pounds ! a year about 60 to 75 hands employed principal brands are wild buffalo 1 ' piedmont belie 1 oar choice sum small and leader j b lather's machine shops a.3td wood v/orkino establish ment mikes panel doors blinds elegant cornice moulding of all design turned and curved in cherry black walnut ash poplar o:ik and pine they frame and complet8uhoii.se iu every part before it leaves the works ready for erecting they also have the most complete machine shop with lathes for iron and wood turning planers cylinder borer and boring machines for the heavy kind of machinery this establishment has also an oak barrel department and a foundry continued on fourth page r - ** r ctl pi te h ife 9 i^t ; sr t

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the carolina watchman salisbury n c thursday july 5 1888 li xix.-third series no 37 1 4ige & clement salisdurt n a.l ; l l james r campbell physician and surgeon offers his services to the people of u c r ui a maj!si i e'8iron front building l f r main and fisher streets 10:6m t b councill m d.j j ga,liisÂ»-fcÂ»tiry 3xt o nff^rq his professional service to the ' nf this and surrounding communi 15 sis promptly attended day or vi?b found at my office or the drug j â€¢â€¢!Â»>â€¢ i ii enniss respectfully new firm | â€” o â€” the undersigned have entered into a fnorshin for the purpose of conduct , p?thc grocery 1 and produce business to date from ( m ';,!, os 1ss7 consignments especially | solicited mcnee ly & tyson | the undersigned takes this opportunity l r " t e urn thanks to his numerous friends r.j holmes is now receiving ms fall and winter stock of goods m fin ttie nirtta markets ,,. his customers be ! i urcha#in elsewhere groceries ; ids of goods kepi in a gen nili !..â– nil at pricl's to suit the j\u an u n:r syiv sto k ; ; ) a'iit in i crystal , . ij.-r miii v ur ol ill rst quality .;â– hkck ved oxk hundred bar | . ., rilfiall v'liujinia lime for i f .â– â– â– : ill ier.'Â«!Â»s who have given me , ( i ; 1 1 - - 1 r r.i â– â€¢ to i i r i n lc me their cot ; n is ready for th 1 . |(. j holmes il " fl 'Â«'â– â€¢ iv't.nlers exist in thou jifirsands of forms but are surpass ml oy the marvels of invention those ivho are in need of profitable work that can be done while living at home should kt once send their address to hallett & i portland maine and receive free full information how either sex of ill ages can earn from so to 25 per day and upwards wherever they live yon are started free capital not required some have made over 30 in a single day at tins work all succeed purely vegetable it acts with extraordinary efficacy on tht tiver k dneysf 1 -* and bowels an effectual specific for malaria bowel complaints dyspepsia sick heatlai-he constipation biliousness kidney a fjvct ions jaundice mental depression colic best family medicine no household should be without it and by being kept ready fÂ«>r immediate use will save many an hour of buffering and many a dulliir in time and doctors bills there is but one simmons liver regulator see that you get the genuine with red z on vroijt of wrapper prepared only by j.h.zeilin &. co sole proprietors philadelphia pa price 81.00 ' d r.julian & co dealers in general merchandise salisbury x c come and see the show at dave julian's new store he lias a full and complete line of entirely which lie ifofferirm cheaper than eveb he is on fisher street near tin stand pipe ;-,.;â€¢" where his rents and ntlum-cxp nstsan so low that he is selling nr dollar's worth of 1 mi's lot 90 cts i ! h has the l si and cheapest line f fertilizers in the county and deeidedh the best line ol provisions in the market be mut i - e him l-etore you buy trili want to imv all the he run ct april 19 88 2fi:3 iir * catarrh cleanses the nassw^wcujts pasza-res allay â€¢ pf c io he adi pain andlnflamma-pmyfever m tion hsalbthtb /#/& . s o r s s sc-storesbl y 0^h ths sensss of past-b m^&â‚¬^l and smell jp g try the cure.hay-fever cata^ah 1 is a disenpc of tho mucous memhrano generally originating in the nasal pas sages and maintaining its stronghold in the head from this point it scuds forth a poisonous virus into the stomach and through uu digestive organs corrupting ike blood and producing other trouble ! some and dangerous symptoms a particle is apnliel into each nostril and ts airreeable price so cents nt iruggists by mail ! registered 60 cents ely bros 5o warren 1 sueet xcw york 13:1 y home company a y^^0 lll strong company seekiig lj@r prompt home patronage reliable liberal agents ttent total assets - - 75o,ooo oo j allen brown resident agent salisbury n g the new birdsell clover hullf m o ts i t o 1 jfmor threshep separatee hulls cleans ar.ci re>Â«leana tho kÂ«Â»oÂ«l kÂ«-atl.v h.r warkei muhanpously cioin its work with ft rapidity heretofore unknown and a iÂ«*rtv onr^ver before attained the"no blrdsell is the crown ine offorf of up iriver l r . mr john c bif.dseu who haa dud thirty three yÂ«ar r-zveriunre n b\ludlng ver machinery-he riving to the morlrt ilt flrÂ«Â«t combined clover thresher aulier and cleanur it ih a i&ct worthy of note that he tnci ms buccer ; or:3 have and eold during 1 tho pmt thirty-three yesrs nin it imniuun t.-f 1 the clover hullers maotj and sold during that hmo oar foctor7 is t-y far the jgest of ita kind la the rorld send for catalosue and $ 1 000.00 challienge john a boyden agt birdsell mfc co salisbury its growth a r d prosperity new exterp kze3 i natural advantages psotl^ce-s 7idd oksiioojg j healthful location and salubrious climate the town of salisbury which is the county seat of rnv;in was first loca ! ted about 1720 ind was settled by i few english church men from the ca thedral city of salisbury england and owes its name to that circiun ' stance in 1770 an act was passed by the â– assembly for regulating the town of salisbury the preiiun >. â€¢ st ites that salisbury is a healthy suuiition well watered and convenient foi inland trade in 177o there was a good deal of trouble about the court house and the holding of court and from old records in the court house now we see that the court was adjourned from time to time without transacting any business and at the may term we find that the first sign of american independence is announced this antedates the meet ing in charlotte on the 20th of may 1770 and hence to salisbury and not to charlotte should be accredited the laurels of our first independence her people have always been loyal to the powers that be and in no place can from this it appears that the south 1 ward has the most peeple while the ( west ward has the least the south j ward also has the largest number of 1 white people as well as of colored peo i lie while bhe north ward has the j i east whites tnd the west ward the ! fewest blacks the females outnumber the males by 141 the south ward heads the list in oth columns while the west v i rd is on the bottom che whites outnumber the colored 521 a little over 50 per cent of our people are white and a little less than 44 per cent are colored the ceacm was taken accurately and pains were taken to omit none every square had its enumerator and on the edge of the town where the squares were not clearly defined an enumerator was appointed for a neighborhood in regard to age our enumerators found some difficulty but the exact school age has been ascertained and of the | adults we have 127 people between 60 | and 70 years of age of which 82 are | white and 45 colored we have 40 ! people over 70 years of age of which | l'.j are colore i and 27 are white this shows that we are not in the retrograde and that we are a coporation i of no small dimensions the town is laid oftin squares at right angles and is just one mile square with four wards taxation the rate of taxation is 50 cents on tho hundred dollars worth of property based on a low estimate of value with si 50 poll tax to which must be added ! the county and state taxes given i elsewhere j in nis street .,. â€¢) in.l n , . â€¢! i i.i â– i iheiuiit.s to t 1p | iws t ) t â€¢ r â– â– â– Â« u â€¢ i - lÂ»w order bini â€¢!â– â– â– '' 4 r â€¢'â€¢ re-.i i m e 1 uc.itioin oci:il ill ulnviiric hospi tality arc among i few of the most noted eh ir.ict.'risties of her citizens and while the p ice has heretofore been on of the slow stanrudi e;isy going towns of h * south she his it last shaffl'l off her alothfalneas and is now considered as one of the growing and industrious towns of the state we have been thp watchman for over fifty years and know m my of the glories and vicissitudes of our fair county and town and it is now that vie take pleasure in announcing to our i fellow men that we are a people not very far behind the times and will be only too glad to have others come and cast their lot with us and help make our advanced prosperity one worthv to be proud of to this end ve issue our industrial sheet and will briefly give you a list of what we have and not say much of what we were or might have been population from a census taken on the first of june by the herald we gather the following facts our town settled in 1720 never had 2.000 inhabitants until 1870 the census in 1870 was a farce and in 1880 j appeared on the census list with a pop ulation of 2,723 the next census was taken in 1885 three years ago when we counted 3,408 to-day it is 4,159 an increase of 751 or 22 per cent over 1ss5 and an increase of 1430 or 52 per cent over the census of 1880 the following u a statement of thj census by wards white colored mules and females classified : * â€ž * i s 3 t f k k ? n ward i 500 485 4941 491 os 5 e ward 015 450 513 552 1005 s ward 707 555 597 005 1202 w ward 51s 329 405 442 847 total . 2340 181 ( j 2009 2150 4109 government we have under our charter a regu larly constructed mnnicipil orgmiz.i tioa us follows mayor e b neave eight town commissioners clerk d r julian treasurer i h koust aud itor r j holmes attorney kerr craige constable and t;ix collector geo m 3h ivcr policemen clayton pool rufus barringer and j f pace i finances b,'low we give the treasurers last i report which will give the status of our financial affairs there i.s no bonded indebtedness statement of town finances for the year ended may 5th 1883 ! i ii fousttown,trp.as ' cash on hand may 1 1887 1,432.44 j am't collected from t t c 9,562.50 " " " cottou weigher 163.25 " city " 7g.79 " li " graves 87.f>0 " " sale clay pipe 9.80 error in check 30 11,332.72 - by ain't paid vouchers for all pur poses 88.049.32 cash on hand i?3,2s3.40 judicial the mayor is the presiding officer of 1 the city court daring the year end : ing june 1st the number of arrests were ; as follows drunkenness 54 disorderly conduct 70 petty and other charges 59 whole number of arrests 183 which shows that out of a population of over 4,000 and the surrounding country besides to draw from the general morals of our people are good and that the per ceu tage of crime is not large educational facilities vve are certainly fortunate in our j school facilities our system of public education is of the most approved plan of graded schools and under prof ii g â– kizer and a corps of excellent assist ' ants besides this we have a number of j private schools both for boys and girls the colored people are well cared for iere in the way of chock livingstone sollego supported by contributions j prom the north is here located and has enrolled scholars from all parts of the united states and their buildings i are largo and handsome costing many thousands of dollars there is also located here a colored graded and color ed normal school the schools are as follows public graded school principal prof r g kizer assistants prof h j over man misses be3sie neely capatola moose florance woo;lson member j ship 411 i private schools classical select male prof james m hill principal scholars 2 presbyterian female academy miss jennie caldwell principal mrs coit assistant scholars 4(5 salisbury institute of music miss linda lee rumple principal with competent assistants teaches vocal and instrumental music scholar ship 27 xeave music school w h neave principal with assist ants teaches vocal and instrumental music scholarship 32 colored schools liyixgstoxe college j c price president eleven teach ers and officers with 210 scholars state normal membership 139 g2aded membership 300 religious there are six religious denominations represented by churches in our place among the whites as follows bap tist catholic episcopal lutheran methodist and presbyterian white churches baptist membership ( j3 pastor rev j f tuttle catholic membership 70 priest rev father j hill episcopal membership 140 rector rev f j murdoch lutiierian membership 1g3 pastor rev c b king methodist membership 330 paster rev c w tfyni preol;yterian membership 283 pastor rev j rumple d d all of the churches have sundav schools in a flourishing condition with able officers and teachers colored churches the colored people have four churches two baptist a methodist and a presby terian all well attended and with sunday schools connected with them financial our banking facilities are not to be excelled the banking house of davis & wiley is one of the oldest and most reliable in the state and has advantages that are second to none it is one of the depositories of the richmond & danville railroad co below will be found a statement of its business president s it wiley cashier 0 d davis clerks j m mccorkle jr s h wiley jr report of the condition of davis k wiley banker salisbury x c at the close of business 15th june 18s8 resources loan and discounts lowvo.3 bond sto;;ig capacity and another to be built in the j spring and two smoking tobacco facto j ties our tobacco interests are in creasing and there is no reason why salisbury should not in the future lead all her sister towns in his business \ the tobacco warehouses are large and commodious and are known as the banner swink & thomason iron clad j j hun kins bros & co the fanners mecubbins & pickler many thousand pounds of leaf is han dled here annually and this is consider ed one of the best markets in the state j d gaskii.l tobacco factory the present factory was built h years ago capacity from 500,000 to 000,000 pounds a year at present have about 150 hands employed and ; are running to full capacity prinei [ pie brands are old dutch oven su perior a a a a yellow meat and lottie mock see cut of factory payne & ramsay tobacco factory capacity 500,000 lbs a year at pres ent have about 75 hands employed some of the principal brands are fuel at a low cost ami handy and labor cheap we claim that cotton can be manufactured here as cheaply i it any other place in the south salisbury ttos mills 1 m odell president f .!. mur doch secy k treas capital stock 8100,000 contract for the mill and thirty houses has been let and work began and will be completed in time for the present crop in the fall main building of brick 1^8 by w f.-ct tw stories high engine house 98 by ftfl feet will have 8.000 and 300 looms and will make ginghams and the finer qualities of cotton goods bapona cotton mills ro capital stock of 850,000 has been subscribed and the company incorpo rated but not organized they have bought land on which to build their factory it i thought that they will have their building and machinery ready for operation by the first of n-wl year other manufacturing in dustries brick and tile manufactory salisbury brick tile and sewer pipe manufactory capacity per day 30,000 brick 10,000 to 20,000 til aud pipe pat-vz & ramsay's tobacco factory white pacer kittie clyde or 1 ange flower and dolly ayne see cut of factory eugene johnsjn'o tobacco factory i capacity 150.000 pounds annually ! work about 75 hands principal brands are mogul centre shot 1 pride of salisbury and johnson's twist " c a rice 4 co capacity 150,000 to 2 k3.000 pounds ! a year about 60 to 75 hands employed principal brands are wild buffalo 1 ' piedmont belie 1 oar choice sum small and leader j b lather's machine shops a.3td wood v/orkino establish ment mikes panel doors blinds elegant cornice moulding of all design turned and curved in cherry black walnut ash poplar o:ik and pine they frame and complet8uhoii.se iu every part before it leaves the works ready for erecting they also have the most complete machine shop with lathes for iron and wood turning planers cylinder borer and boring machines for the heavy kind of machinery this establishment has also an oak barrel department and a foundry continued on fourth page r - ** r ctl pi te h ife 9 i^t ; sr t